Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the David Stevenson Ireland gravestone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Eastern Cemetery by the Pends and Cathedral graveyard in St Andrews, Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. In memory of David of Denark and Argyle Brewery, a Councillor and Magistrate of this city who died on the 23rd of August 1890. Also in memory of his wife Amelia Bonthrone who was born in Auchtermuchty, Fife in 1841 and who died on the 16th of June, 1891. This surname Ireland can best be described as English, but of Irish origins! It was an ethnic name in England and Scotland for an immigrant from Ireland, the root of the name being from the Old English word Iras meaning Irishman.The surname Bonthrone was first found in Northumberland where the name was originally Bontaveron. They moved north into Scotland where they settled about 1300 in Fife. The name, Bonthrone, has many spellings, and from time to time, it was spelt Bonthron, Bonthrone, Bontaverone, Bontavern, Bonthorne, Bonthorn, Bonython and many more.
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